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- the present invention relates to a case nitrided product, a process for producing a case nitrided product, and a nitriding agent used for nitriding an aluminum product.
- Aluminum products have been well known that they exhibit a hardness smaller than that of steel or the like. When they are slid on steel or the like, they are extremely likely to be seized and worn out. Therefore, they have been investigated for their applicability to a variety of surface treatments which utilize, for example, plating, thermal spraying, anode oxidizing and the like. Some of the treatments have been put into actual applications. Most of these treatments form an oxide layer on the surface of the aluminum products. There were a few try-outs by nitriding, however, the resulting nitriding layers formed on the surface of the aluminum products were so thin that no satisfactory case nitrided aluminum products have been available so far. Since these trial nitriding processes have required expensive equipment capable of producing a high degree of vacuum or the like, none of the processes have been put into actual application.
- Aluminum has a melting point of 650° C.
- the melting point is lower by a factor of about 1/3 than that of steel (e.g., about 1,600° C.). Accordingly, during the surface treatments which are carried out below the melting point either by means of aluminum oxide layer formation or aluminum nitride formation, it has been regarded inevitable that the film forming rate is extremely slow. Further, aluminum is very active and is likely to be oxidized. Consequently, on the surface of aluminum, there always exists a natural oxide layer slightly occupying a part of the area thereof. The oxide layer inhibits the nitriding layer from forming.
- the present invention has been developed in view of the circumstances described above. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a case nitrided product which is formed without employing the pre-sputtering, which is formed not by the vacuum apparatus capable of producing the high degree of vacuum but by an ordinary nitriding furnace, and which has a deep and high-hardness nitriding layer formed on the surface. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a nitriding process and a nitriding agent which are capable of producing the case nitrided product.
- the present invention is based on a discovery that, when the surface of an aluminum product was covered with an aluminum powder and a heat treatment was carried out onto the aluminum product covered with the aluminum powder in a nitrogen gas atmosphere, a relatively thick nitriding layer was formed on the surface portion of the aluminum product. This discovery was a clue, and it led to a variety of experiments and examinations for completing the present invention.
- a case nitrided aluminum product according to the present invention comprises a nitriding layer formed by direct nitriding in which a nitrogen gas is acted onto a surface thereof.
- the nitriding layer has a depth of 5 micrometers or more, and it exhibits a case hardness of from 250 to 1,200 micro Vickers hardness (hereinafter simply referred to as "mHv"). Preferably, it exhibits a case hardness of from 400 to 800 mHv.
- mHv micro Vickers hardness
- aluminum means aluminum and aluminum alloys.
- the term “powder” means atomized powder, flake powder, and so on.
- the nitriding layer of the present case nitrided aluminum product is formed of a mixed phase including aluminum nitride and aluminum.
- the aluminum nitride is formed as a needle-like configuration which has an extremely fine diameter of from 5 to 50 nm.
- the nitriding layer exhibits a higher Vickers hardness.
- the nitriding layer may include nitrogen in an amount of from 5 to 30% by weight at maximum. This maximum nitrogen content defines the nitriding rate in the nitriding layer. When the maximum nitrogen content is less than 5% by weight, the nitriding layer exhibits a low hardness and is poor in strength. When transforming aluminum into aluminum nitride, the transformation causes expansion by a factor of 26% as compared to the aluminum itself, and the resulting nitriding layers exhibit a thermal expansion coefficient decreased to 1/4 or less of the aluminum itself. Hence, when the maximum nitrogen content is more than 30% by weight, the resulting nitriding layers are very brittle unpreferably and they are likely to undesirably come off from the mother material.
- the nitriding layer has a depth of 5 micrometers or more, it is possible to fulfill the purposes of the nitriding layer presence. However, in view of the strength and coming-off resistance, it is preferred that the nitriding layer has a depth of 20 micrometers or more.
- the nitriding layer can be formed on all over the surface of the aluminum product, or it can be formed partially on a particular surface thereof.
- the aluminum product can be an aluminum blank of a plate shape, a rod shape or the like, and it can be formed into a predetermined configuration in advance.
- the present case nitrided aluminum product can be produced by a process for producing a case nitrided aluminum product according to the present invention.
- the present process comprises the steps of:
- the nitriding agent including an aluminum powder
- the ambient gas virtually including a nitrogen gas.
- nitriding when nitriding is carried out while flowing a nitrogen gas, there is formed a nitriding layer not only on the portions which are coated with the aluminum powder working as a nitriding agent but also on the portions which are disposed slightly downstream in the nitrogen gas flow with respect to the coated portions.
- nascent nitrogens contribute to the nitriding.
- the aluminum powder when used as the nitriding agent and it is brought into contact with the nitrogen gas at a predetermined temperature, the aluminum powder itself is nitrided, and simultaneously a part of the nitrogen gas is excited to produce the nascent nitrogens. It is thus presumed that the nascent nitrogens are absorbed by the aluminum product to thereby form a nitriding layer.
- the surface of the aluminum product is purified so that it becomes easy to be nitrided. After the surface of the aluminum product is purified, it is assumed that nitrogen is easily absorbed from the surface of the aluminum product, and that a thick nitriding layer is formed.
- the aluminum powder employed in the present nitriding process can be used as the present nitriding agent as far as it can be nitrided. However, it is preferable to employ an aluminum powder having a high nitriding capability. Such an aluminum can be one which is quenched and solidified, particularly, it can be one which is quenched and solidified at a cooling rate of 10 2 ° C./sec. or more, preferably at a cooling rate of from 10 2 ° to 10 5 ° C./sec. Further, an aluminum powder which is made from an aluminum alloy including magnesium works very well as the nitriding agent. It is especially preferable to select an aluminum powder including magnesium in an amount of 0.5% by weight or more, further preferably in an amount of from 1 to 20% by weight.
- the aluminum powder can be used as the nitriding agent not only in the powdered form which is attained, for example, by atomizing, but also in a foiled form, a granulated form or the like.
- the foil-formed aluminum powder and the granule-formed aluminum powder can be mixed and used together. In other words, it can be formed by pulverizing foils, ribbons, machined wastes or the like by means of stamping, ball-milling or the like.
- the foil-formed (i.e., flake-like) aluminum powder can be prepared by using a ball mill, an attritor, or the like.
- higher aliphatic acid such as oleic acid, stearic acid, isosteraric acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid and the like, for a pulverizing-aiding agent.
- higher aliphatic acid it is also possible to employ aliphatic amine, aliphatic amide, aliphatic alcohol and the like therefor.
- the aluminum nitride has an average particle diameter of from 3 to 200 micrometers.
- the aluminum powder can be in a granulated form, a foiled form, or mixtures of these two forms.
- the aluminum powder has a specific surface area of from 0.1 to 15 m 2 /g, and it is especially preferred that it has a specific surface area of from 0.4 to 1.0 m 2 /g.
- the average particle diameter is measured by using "LASER PARTICLE ANALYZER.” The specific surface area is calculated with the BET equation.
- Magnesium is a metal which has high affinity with oxygen. It is believed that magnesium diffuses on the aluminum product surface to contribute to the following reaction:
- the aluminum product to be nitrided can be made either from pure aluminum or aluminum alloys. However, in the aluminum product, depending on the elements excepting the aluminum elements, a variety of nitriding layers can be formed. Magnesium present in the aluminum product functions to thicken the resulting nitriding layers. On the contrary, silicon does not function to thicken the resulting nitriding layers, but it inhibits them from thickening. It is assumed that the other elements usually included in the aluminum product somewhat affect the thickening of the resulting nitriding layers. However, their functions are not verified at present.
- the nitriding agent can be a mixture of the aluminum powder and a viscosifying agent. If such is the case, it is preferred that the nitriding agent includes the aluminum powder in an amount of from 5 to 70% by weight and the viscosifying agent in an amount of from 1 to 30% by weight. Since this nitriding agent is used to coat a surface of the aluminum product to be nitrided, it is possible to further mix an additive, such as a solvent or the like, which is usually employed by paint in order to give the paint an appropriate flowing ability. As for the solvent, it is preferable to employ an organic substance which decomposes or vaporizes at a nitriding reaction temperature or less. In addition, when an organic substance produces residual products which are harmless to the nitriding reaction, it is possible to employ such an organic substance as the solvent.
- the viscosifying agent it is possible to employ an organic polymer compound, such as polybutene, polyvinyl butyral, polycaprolactone and the like, which decomposes at the nitriding temperature, e.g., usually at a temperature of from 400° to 600° C. It is preferable that the viscosifying agent decomposes during a nitriding treatment. When the viscosifying agent decomposes, an aluminum powder usually cannot be scattered and can be held on the surface of the aluminum product under the condition that a part of the aluminum powder is sintered.
- an organic polymer compound such as polybutene, polyvinyl butyral, polycaprolactone and the like
- the aluminum product surface and the aluminum powder can be brought into contact with each other by (1) burying the aluminum product in the aluminum powder, or by (2) coating the aluminum product surface with the aluminum powder.
- the aluminum product surface can be (3) coated with the above-described paste-like or paint-like nitriding agent.
- the nitriding agent is coated as a paint film of from 5 to 1,000 micrometers in thickness.
- a nitrogen gas can be used. It is preferred that the nitrogen gas has less water and oxygen gas contents.
- the mingling of the inert gas such as an argon gas or the like does not adversely affect the nitriding.
- the nitrogen gas includes water in an amount of 0.1% by volume or less as water vapor and oxygen in an amount of 0.08% by volume or less.
- the nitriding temperature it is preferred that, in view of the reactivity, the nitriding is carried out at temperatures as high as possible. However, it is necessary that the aluminum product be treated virtually in the solid-phase state. When a deep nitriding layer is not desired, or when the strain resulting from the heat treatment should be reduced, it is preferred that the nitriding is carried out at low temperatures. In view of these requirements, it is usually preferred to carry out the nitriding at a temperature of about 400° to 600° C. for about 2 to 10 hours.
- the aluminum product is coated with the nitriding agent which is likely to be nitrided, and it is nitrided in the solid-phase state in the nitrogen atmosphere.
- the magnesium included in the nitriding agent reacts with the oxygen of the aluminum oxide included in the nitriding agent.
- the nitriding agent which is likely to be nitrided is nitrided, thereby producing a formation energy of 300 kJ/mole and the nascent nitrogens.
- the aluminum product is activated and nitrided by the formation energy and the nascent nitrogens where it is brought into contact with the nitriding agent.
- the nitriding agent it is possible to employ an aluminum powder which includes aluminum as a major component.
- the nitriding agent is used to partially coat the aluminum product surface or when it is used to partially bury the aluminum product, it enables to nitride the coated or buried portion only. Thus, it is possible to nitride a predetermined portion of the aluminum product only.
- the present case nitrided aluminum product which comprises the nitriding layer having the depth of 5 micrometers or more and exhibiting the case hardness of from 250 to 1,200 mHv.
- the present case nitrided aluminum product comprises the remarkably deep and hard case nitriding layer.
- the nitriding layer is formed by heat treating the aluminum product surface by means of the nitrogen gas while the present nitriding agent comprising the aluminum powder is brought into contact with the aluminum product surface. Therefore, the present case nitrided aluminum product can be appropriately applied to sliding parts which require high wear resistance.
- the aluminum product can be nitrided with ease where it is brought into contact with the present nitriding agent. On the other hand, it is not nitrided where it is not brought into contact with the present nitriding agent. By utilizing these phenomena, it is possible to only nitride a predetermined portion of the aluminum product where the nitriding is required.
- FIG. 1 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of a case nitrided aluminum product with a nitriding layer formed in accordance with a First Preferred Embodiment of the present invention in cross-section;
- FIG. 2 is a chart for illustrating results of an EPMA (i.e., Electron Probe Microanalysis) to which the case nitrided aluminum product with a nitriding layer formed in accordance with the First Preferred Embodiment was subjected;
- EPMA Electron Probe Microanalysis
- FIG. 3 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of a case nitrided aluminum product which was nitrided for 4 hours in accordance with a Second Preferred Embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of another case nitrided aluminum product which was nitrided for 10 hours in accordance with the Second Preferred Embodiment;
- FIG. 5 is a chart for illustrating results of an EPMA to which the case nitrided aluminum product undergone the 10-hour nitriding in accordance with the Second Preferred Embodiment was subjected;
- FIG. 6 is a chart for illustrating results of an EPMA in which the case nitrided aluminum product undergone the 10-hour nitriding in accordance with the Second Preferred Embodiment was examined for its oxygen content instead of its nitrogen content illustrated in FIG. 5;
- FIG. 7 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of a case nitrided aluminum product with a nitriding layer formed in accordance with a Third Preferred Embodiment of the present invention in cross-section;
- FIG. 8 is a chart for illustrating results of an X-ray diffraction analysis to which the nitriding layer of the case nitrided aluminum product formed in accordance with the Third Preferred Embodiment was subjected;
- FIG. 9 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of a case nitrided aluminum product with a nitriding layer formed in accordance with a Fourth Preferred Embodiment of the present invention in cross-section;
- FIG. 10 is a microscope photograph for showing a metallic structure of a case nitrided aluminum product with a nitriding layer formed in accordance with a Fifth Preferred Embodiment of the present invention in cross-section.
- FIG. 11 is a thermogravimetric analysis of a polybutene resin ("Polybutene OH").
- FIG. 12 is a thermogravimetric analysis of a polybutene resin ("Polybutene 30OH").
- FIG. 13 is a thermogravimetric analysis of a polyethylene oxide (“PEO").
- FIG. 14 is a thermogravimetric analysis of an ethyl cellulose ("Ethyl Cellulose N-7").
- FIG. 15 is a thermogravimetric analysis of a polyethylene wax ("SA 300").
- FIG. 16 is a thermogravimetric analysis of a fatty acid amide ("SH 290").
- FIG. 17 is a thermogravimetric analysis of an acrylic resin ("BR 88").
- FIG. 18 is a thermogravimetric analysis of an acrylic resin ("LR 163").
- FIG. 19 is a thermogravimetric analysis of an acrylic resin ("LR 155").
- An aluminum alloy having the composition as per JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) 5052 was melted.
- the aluminum alloy included Mg in an amount of from 2.2 to 2.8% by weight, Si and Fe in a summed amount of 0.65% by weight or less, Cu in an amount of 0.10% by weight or less, Mn in an amount of 0.10% by weight or less, Zn in an amount of 0.10% by weight or less, Cr in an amount of from 0.15 to 0.35% by weight, and the balance of Al.
- the resulting molten metal was quenched and solidified by air-atomizing at a cooling rate of 10 2 ° C./sec. or more, and it was formed into a powdered form having an average particle diameter of from 5 to 200 micrometers.
- the resulting aluminum powder was employed as the present nitriding agent, and a pure aluminum plate was employed as the aluminum product to be nitrided.
- the plate was made from a pure aluminum as per JIS 1100 and had a thickness of 1.0 mm.
- the aluminum product to be nitrided was buried in the nitriding agent. Then, it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 540° C. for 10 hours.
- the nitriding treatment was carried out under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into an furnace at a flow of 20 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -39° to -28° C. in the furnace.
- This nitriding treatment produced a nitriding layer on all over the aluminum product surface.
- the thus nitrided aluminum product was cut at its end, and it was observed with a microscope for its metallic structure in the cross-section. A microscope photograph thus obtained is shown in FIG. 1.
- the cross-section of the aluminum product was subjected to an EPMA in order to examine the nitriding layer for its composition by its elements, and the resulting EPMA chart is shown in FIG. 2.
- the depth of the nitriding layer fluctuated, however, it fell in a range of from 70 to 220 micrometers.
- the hardness of the nitriding layer was 800 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- the nitriding layer was found to be comprised of aluminum, nitrogen and magnesium.
- the axis of ordinate expresses the weight percentages of aluminum, magnesium and nitrogen.
- the values at the uppermost point in the axis of ordinate e.g., 100.000, 10.000 and 40.000, mean 100% by weight aluminum, 10% by weight magnesium and 40% by weight nitrogen, respectively.
- the axis of abscissa expresses the depth from the surface. For instance, the right end of the axis of abscissa means the outermost surface, and the nitriding layer becomes deeper as the value goes along the axis of abscissa in the left direction.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 300 micrometers at the analyzed cut end.
- the nitriding layer was comprised of aluminum in an amount of about 65% by weight, magnesium in an amount of about 2.5% by weight and nitrogen in an amount of about 20% by weight, and its maximum nitrogen content was 20.90% by weight.
- the nitrogen content was substantially constant over the entire nitriding layer.
- the magnesium content was high adjacent to the outermost surface of the nitriding layer, but it decreased gradually as the nitriding layer was formed deeper. However, the magnesium content in the nitriding layer was much higher than the magnesium content in the matrix of the aluminum product. The magnesium in the nitriding layer resulted from the magnesium which diffused from the nitriding agent to the nitriding layer.
- the aluminum alloy powder having the composition as per JIS 5052 was made by quenching and solidifying and employed as the present nitriding agent.
- an aluminum alloy plate having a thickness of 1.50 mm was made from an aluminum alloy.
- the aluminum alloy had the composition as per JIS 5052.
- the aluminum alloy plate was also buried in the nitriding agent. Then, it was subjected to two kinds of nitriding treatments, for instance, at 540° C. for 4 hours and at 540° C. for 10 hours. In both of the nitriding treatments, a pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into an furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min. as the nitriding gas, and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- FIG. 3 shows a microscope photograph of the case nitrided aluminum product which went through the 4-hour nitriding.
- FIG. 4 shows a microscope photograph of the case nitrided aluminum product which went through the 10-hour nitriding.
- the portion on the right-hand side in the photograph is a metallic structure of the aluminum product matrix, and the gray portion at the middle in the photograph is a metallic structure of the nitriding layer.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 14 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 515 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 130 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 420 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate the results of the elementary analysis.
- the axis of ordinate expresses the weight percentages of aluminum, magnesium and nitrogen
- the axis of abscissa expresses the depth from the surface.
- the left end of the axis of abscissa means the outermost surface, and the elementary analysis is performed deep inside the aluminum product as the value goes along the axis of abscissa in the right direction. According to FIG.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the results of the elementary analysis in which, instead of the nitrogen content illustrated in FIG. 5, the portions of the aluminum product shown in FIG. 4 were examined for the oxygen content along the arrow of FIG. 4.
- the nitriding layer was comprised of nitrogen in an amount of 13.1% by weight in its middle and in an amount of 8.33% by weight at the interface between itself and the aluminum matrix of the aluminum product. It is characteristic in the chart shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 that the magnesium content exhibited a peak at the outermost surface of the case nitrided aluminum product (e.g., the interface between the nitriding agent and the nitriding layer), and that the oxygen content exhibited peaks at the outermost surface and the innermost surface of the nitriding layer. According to the results of the elementary analysis on the oxygen content shown in FIG. 6, the oxygen content was as high as 1.3% by weight at the outermost surface of the nitriding layer.
- Two molten aluminums including magnesium in an amount of 2.5% by weight and 5% by weight respectively were quenched and solidified at a cooling rate of 10 2 ° C./sec. or more.
- two aluminum powders were prepared, and they had an average particle diameter of from 3 to 150 micrometers. These two aluminum powders were employed as the present nitriding agent. Further, these two powders were pulverized to foiled-shapes by a ball mill to produce two foil-shaped aluminum powders having a specific surface area of 4 m 2 /g. These two foil-shaped aluminum powders were also employed as the present nitriding agent.
- four nitriding agents according to the present invention were prepared in total.
- nitriding agents were respectively compounded with polybutene so that they could form a paste-like substance capable of being coated with a brush.
- the resulting four paste-like nitriding agents were used to coat a variety of aluminum plates and aluminum automotive component parts which were prepared as the aluminum product to be nitrided, and they were coated with a brush so as to form a coating layer of about 10 micrometers in thickness on the aluminum products. Whilst there was prepared a heat treatment furnace whose inner atmosphere was replaced by a nitrogen gas in advance, the aluminum products coated with the four nitriding agents were put into the furnace. Then, the temperature of the furnace was raised in order to carry out a nitriding treatment at 450° C. for 4 hours.
- FIG. 7 shows an enlarged cross-sectional photograph of the metallic structure of one of the nitriding layers formed on one of the aluminum products, e.g., the aluminum plate, which was made from an aluminum alloy having the composition as per JIS 2024 and which was coated with the paste-like nitriding agent including magnesium in an amount of 5% by weight.
- the aluminum alloy as per JIS 2024 was comprised of Mg in an amount of from 1.2 to 1.8% by weight, Si in an amount of 0.5% by weight or less, Fe in an amount of 0.5% by weight or less, Cu in an amount of from 3.8 to 4.9% by weight, Mn in an amount of from 0.30 to 0.9% by weight, Zn in an amount of 0.25% by weight or less, Cr in an amount of 0.10% by weight or less, and the balance of Al.
- FIG. 7 there was formed the blackish gray nitriding layer having a depth of about 35 micrometers on the aluminum product.
- squares can be seen on the left side of the drawing, and they were dents which were made by pressing during the Vickers hardness measurement.
- the hardness of the nitriding layer was 440 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- FIG. 8 is a chart for illustrating the results of an X-ray diffraction analysis to which this nitriding layer was subjected. According to FIG. 8, this nitriding layer was found to be comprised of a mixed phase including aluminum and aluminum nitride.
- an aluminum alloy powder having a composition of 2.5% by weight of Mg and the balance of Al was made by quenching and solidifying, and it was employed as the present nitriding agent.
- the resulting aluminum alloy powder there was buried an aluminum product having a thickness of 5 mm and the composition as per JIS AC4C. Then, it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 560° C. for 10 hours.
- a pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into an furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- FIG. 9 shows a microscope photograph of the metallic structure of the resulting nitriding layer.
- the aluminum product is the white portion disposed on the lower side of the drawing
- the nitriding layer is the light blackish portion disposed on the white portion
- the space is the black portion disposed further on the light blackish portion.
- a pure molten aluminum including aluminum in an amount of 99.3% by weight was quenched and solidified at a cooling rate of 10 2 ° C./sec. or more.
- an aluminum powder was prepared, and it had an average particle diameter of from 3 to 150 micrometers. Further, this aluminum powder was pulverized to foiled-shapes by a ball mill to produce a foil-shaped aluminum powder having a specific surface area of 5 m 2 /g.
- the foil-shaped aluminum powder was employed as the present nitriding agent, and it was compounded with polybutene so that it could form a paste-like substance capable of being coated with a brush.
- An aluminum plate having the composition as per JIS 2024 was employed as the aluminum product to be nitrided.
- the nitriding agent was coated on the aluminum product with a brush so as to form a coating layer of about 20 micrometers in thickness.
- the thus treated specimens were put into a furnace whose inner atmosphere had been replaced by a nitrogen gas in advance. Then, the temperature of the furnace was raised in order to carry out a nitriding treatment at 540° C. for 10 hours.
- a pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 10 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -30° to -20° C. in the furnace.
- FIG. 10 shows an enlarged cross-sectional photograph of the metallic structure of the resulting nitriding layer. As can be appreciated from FIG. 10, there was formed the blackish gray nitriding layer having a depth of about 350 micrometers on the aluminum product. According to the Vickers hardness measurement, the hardness of the nitriding layer was 2711 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- a molten aluminum alloy including magnesium in an amount of 5% by weight was quenched and solidified at a cooling rate of 10 2 ° C./sec. or more, thereby producing an atomized powder of an average particle diameter of from 3 to 150 micrometers.
- the atomized powder was weighed in a beaker having a capacity of 1 liter. 20 grams of a polybutene resin and 30 grams of a solvent were added to the beaker.
- the polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd., and it had a weight average molecular weight of 350 and a viscosity of 22 cSt at 40° C.
- the solvent was "IP SOLVENT 1620" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd. The resulting mixture was stirred at a rate of 1,000 rpm, thereby dispersing the aluminum powder in the resin and the solvent.
- the other polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE 30OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd., and it had a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 and a viscosity of 32,000 cSt at 40° C.
- the thus coated aluminum product was placed in a heat treatment furnace, and it was nitrided at 550° C. for 5 hours under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 20 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -39° to -28° C. in the furnace.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 120 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 600 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- the foil-formed aluminum powder had a specific surface area of 2.9 m 2 /g and an average particle diameter of 36 micrometers.
- an aluminum alloy according to JIS 2024 was employed and was processed into a plate having a thickness of 1.5 mm. On the aluminum product, the paste-like nitriding agent was coated.
- the thus coated aluminum product was placed in a heat treatment furnace, and it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 500° C. for 10 hours under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 70 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 500 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- An aluminum flake was weighed so as to place 60 grams of its metallic components in a beaker having a capacity of 1 liter.
- the aluminum flake was "ALUMINUM PASTE 7675NS" made by TOYO ALUMINIUM Co., Ltd., and it had an average particle diameter D 50 of 14 micrometers, a specific surface area of 5.3 m 2 /g and 65% by weight nonvolatile components. 8 grams of a polybutene resin and 40 grams of a solvent were added to the beaker.
- the polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the solvent was "IP SOLVENT 1620" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the resulting mixture was stirred at a rate of 1,000 rpm, thereby dispersing the aluminum powder in the resin and the solvent.
- 8 grams of another polybutene and 52 grams of another solvent were further added to the beaker while stirring at a rate of 1,000 rpm for 1 hour, thereby producing a nitriding agent.
- the other polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE 30OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd., and the other solvent was "BDG” (i.e., polydiglcol) made by NIPPON NYUKAZAI Co., Ltd.
- an aluminum alloy according to JIS 5052 was employed and was processed into a plate having a thickness of 1.5 mm. On the aluminum product, the paste-like nitriding agent was coated.
- the thus coated aluminum product was placed in a heat treatment furnace, and it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 580° C. for 5 hours under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 240 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 580 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- An aluminum flake was weighed so as to place 60 grams of its metallic components in a beaker having a capacity of 1 liter.
- the aluminum flake was "ALUMINUM PASTE 762ONS” made by TOYO ALUMINIUM Co., Ltd., and it had an average particle diameter D 50 of 18 micrometers, a specific surface area of 3.3 m 2 /g and 65% by weight nonvolatile components. 8 grams of a polybutene resin and 40 grams of a solvent were added to the beaker.
- the polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the solvent was "IP SOLVENT 1620" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the resulting mixture was stirred at a rate of 1,000 rpm, thereby dispersing the aluminum powder in the resin and the solvent.
- 8 grams of another polybutene and 52 grams of another solvent were further added to the beaker while stirring at a rate of 1,000 rpm for 1 hour, thereby producing a paste-like nitriding agent.
- the other polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE 30OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd., and the other solvent was "BDG” (i.e., polydiglcol) made by NIPPON NYUKAZAI Co., Ltd.
- an aluminum alloy according to JIS 5052 was employed and was processed into a plate having a thickness of 1.5 mm. On the aluminum product, the paste-like nitriding agent was coated.
- the thus coated aluminum product was placed in a heat treatment furnace, and it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 580° C. for 5 hours under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 220 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 540 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- An aluminum flake was weighed so as to place 60 grams of its metallic components in a beaker having a capacity of 1 liter.
- the aluminum flake was "ALUMINUM PASTE 46-046" made by TOYO ALUMINIUM Co., Ltd., and it had an average particle diameter D 50 of 37 micrometers, a specific surface area of 2.4 m 2 /g and 65% by weight nonvolatile components. 8 grams of a polybutene resin and 40 grams of a solvent were added to the beaker.
- the polybutene resin was "FIOLYBUTENE OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the solvent was "IP SOLVENT 1620" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the resulting mixture was stirred at a rate of 1,000 rpm, thereby dispersing the aluminum powder in the resin and the solvent.
- 8 grams of another polybutene and 52 grams of another solvent were further added to the beaker while stirring at a rate of 1,000 rpm for 1 hour, thereby producing a paste-like nitriding agent.
- the other polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE 30OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd., and the other solvent was "BDG” (i.e., polydiglcol) made by NIPPON NYUKAZAI Co., Ltd.
- an aluminum alloy according to JIS 5052 was employed and was processed into a plate having a thickness of 1.5 mm. On the aluminum product, the paste-like nitriding agent was coated.
- the thus coated aluminum product was placed in a heat treatment furnace, and it was subjected to a nitriding treatment at 580° C. for 5 hours under the following conditions: A pure nitrogen gas containing 99.9% N 2 was introduced into the furnace at a flow of 30 liters/min., and a dew point was held in a range of from -40° to -25° C. in the furnace.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 100 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 680 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- atomized aluminum powder 130 grams was weighed in a beaker having a capacity of 1 liter.
- the atomized aluminum powder was "AC5000” made by TOYO ALUMINIUM Co., Ltd., and it had an average particle diameter D 50 of 9 micrometers and a specific surface area of 0.8 m 2 /g.
- 20 grams of a polybutene resin and 30 grams of a solvent were added to the beaker.
- the polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE OH” made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the solvent was "IP SOLVENT 1620" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the resulting mixture was stirred at a rate of 1,000 rpm, thereby dispersing the aluminum powder in the resin and the solvent. Thereafter, 20 grams of another polybutene was further added to the beaker gradually while stirring at a rate of 3,000 rpm for 1 hour, thereby producing a nitriding agent.
- the other polybutene resin was "POLYBUTENE 30OH" made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU Co., Ltd.
- the thus coated aluminum product was nitrided in the same manner as described in the "Sixth Preferred Embodiment" section. As a result, there was produced a nitriding layer on the surface of the aluminum product.
- the nitriding layer had a depth of about 70 micrometers, and it exhibited a hardness of 750 mHv under a load of 100 g.
- the viscosifying agent is required for covering the aluminum alloy powder, and the viscosifying agent is needed to have heat-resistance until nitriding begins.
- a thermogravimetric (“TG") analysis is performed. It is considered that the viscosifying agent, whose remaining amount is a large amount at 400° C. in the TG analysis, has high heat-resistance.
- the viscosifying agent having high heat-resistance covers the surface of the aluminum alloy powder until nitriding begins, so, oxidation of the aluminum alloy powder can be prevented.
- the aluminum alloy powder which constitutes the nitriding agent is adhered to the material to be nitrided until nitriding begins.
- organic resins which constitute the viscosifying agent are classified into the organic resin A or the organic resin B on the basis of the remaining amount in the TG analysis. Then, the metal covering power X is defined by the content of the organic resin B having high heat-resistance.
- Each organic resin which is shown in Table 1 is heated in nitrogen atmosphere at programming rate of 10° C./min., and each amount varies in accordance with temperature rising. Such change is examined by the thermogravimetric analyzer (TG-DTA made by RIGAKU DENKI). The result is shown in FIGS. 11-19. Then, according to a TG curve which shows decrease in weight, the remaining amount of each organic resin at 400° C. is calculated.
- TG-DTA thermogravimetric analyzer
- the amount of each organic resin begins to decrease in accordance with temperature rising, and such decrease is stopped at some temperature. Some is classified as the organic resin A because the remaining amount is less than 5% by weight at 400° C., and some is classified as the organic resin B because the remaining amount is not less than 5% by weight at 400° C.
- the viscosifying agent contains the organic resin B, it is possible to achieve its purpose.
- each nitriding agent shown in Table 2 is subjected to the nitriding treatment as follows.
- Each nitriding agent is coated on an aluminum plate (plate A . . . size: 80 mm ⁇ 80 mm, material: JIS5052, Al-0.25Si-2.5Mg-0.25Cr/plate B . . . size: 30 mm ⁇ 30 mm, material: JISAC8A, Al-12Si-0.8Cu-1.2Mg-2.5Ni) in a drying thickness of 60 ⁇ m. Then, the coated plate is introduced into a furnace, and is subjected to the nitriding treatment at each temperature shown in Table 2 for 10 hours. In the furnace, a dew point was held in not more than -50° C.
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Al(powder)+N.sub.2 =AlN+N; and
(1/5)Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +N=(2/5)AlN+(3/5)NO.
Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +3Mg+N.sub.2 =2AlN+3MgO
TABLE 1 __________________________________________________________________________ Temperature for Temperature Remaining Amount at Resin FIG. beginning of for Completion Kind of 400° C. in TG Analysis No. No. Name of Resin Trade Name of Resin Reaction of Reaction Resin (% by weight) __________________________________________________________________________ 1 11 Polybutene Polybutene OH 100° C. 400°C. A O 2 12200° C. 400° Polybutene Polybutene 300HC. B 16 3 13 Polyethylene Oxide PEO-1 250° C. 400°C. A 0 4 14 Ethyl Cellulose Ethyl Cellulose N-7 150° C. 500°C. B 10 5 15 Polyethylene Wax SA 300 250° C. 470° C. B >23 6 16 FattyAcid Amide SH 290 20° C. 450° C. B >33 7 17Acrylic Resin BR 88 150° C. 400°C. A 0 8 18Acrylic Resin LR 163 260° C. 430°C. A 2˜4 9 19Acrylic Resin LR 155 220° C. 410° C. A ≈0 __________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 2 __________________________________________________________________________ Aluminum Kind of Material to be Result of Nitriding Powder Solvent Nitrided and Nitriding (Thickness of Layer Resin A wt % Resin B wt % wt % wt % Temperature °C. Hardness of Layer) __________________________________________________________________________ Embodiment 1 Polybutene OH Polybutene Al-50 Mg SV 200 Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 80˜130 μm (No. 1) 300H (No. 2) 65 26 Temperature: 505 Hardness: Hv 250˜400 3.0 3.0 SH290 (No. 6) 1.0 SA300 (No. 5) Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 120˜160 μm 2.0 Temperature: 495 Hardness: Hv 500-650 X = 9.2% Embodiment 2 Not Contained Ethyl Cellulose Pure Al MFG Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 40˜100 μm (No. 4) 2.0 45 53 Temperature: 530 Hardness: Hv 500˜750 X = 4.4% Embodiment 3 Polybutene OH Polybutene Al-50 Mg IP Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 130˜200 μm (No. 1) 300H (No. 2) 60 Solvent Temperature: 505 Hardness: Hv 450˜600 12.7 4.3 23 X = 7.2% Embodiment 4 Not Contained Ethyl Al-2.5 Mg MFG Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 50˜100 μm Cellulose 38.5 53 Temperature: 505 Hardness: Hv 600˜750 (No. 4) 8.5 X = 22.1% Embodiment 5 Not Contained Ethyl Al-50 Mg MFG Material to be nitrided: Thickness 40˜110 μm Cellulose 29.0 64 Temperature: 495 Hardness: Hv 500˜650 (No. 4) 7.0 X = 24.1% Comparative Polybutene OH Not Contained Al-2.5 Mg BDG Material to be nitrided: Thickness: 0˜30 μm Example 1 (No. 1) 20 74 Temperature: 505 Crack or Peeling on 6.0 layer of Nitriding Agent Comparative PEO-1 (No. 3) Not Contained Al-2.5 Mg BDG Material to be nitrided: Tickness: 0˜40 μm Example 2 7.0 40 53 Temperature: 505 Crack or Peeling on layer of Nitriding Agent Comparative LR-163 (No. 8) Not Contained Al-10 Si Toluene Material to be nitrided: No Change in Color Example 3 8.7 82.3 9.0 Temperature: 530, 505, Not Nitrided 540 Comparative LR-155 (No. 9) Not Contained Al-10 Si Toluene Material to be nitrided: No Change in Color Example 4 4.5 86.0 9.5 Temperature: 530, 505, Not Nitrided 540 Comparative BR-88 (No. 7) Not Contained Al-10 Si MEK 31.0 Material to be nitrided: Light Brown, Crack Example 5 3.5 65.5 Temperature: 530, 505 Not Nitrided Comparative LR-163 (No. 8) Not Contained Al-10 Si- Toluene Material to be nitrided: No Change in Color Example 6 4.5 2 Zn 10.1 Temperature: 530 Not Nitrided 85.4 Comparative LR-163 (No. 8) Not Contained Al-2.5 Mg Toluene Material to be nitrided: No Change in Color Example 7 4.6 86.6 8.8 Temperature, 530, 505 Not Nitrided Comparative BR-88 (No. 7) Not Contained Al-2.5 Mg MEK 31.0 Material to be nitrided: Black, Nitrided, Example 8 3.5 65.5 Temperature: 530 Peeling __________________________________________________________________________ Note!- X: metal covering power SV200: aromatic solvent (made by Exxon Chemical Co.) MFG: ethylene glycol solvent (methy propylene glycol, made by NIHON NYUKA BDG: ethylene glycol solvent (butyl di glycol, made by NIHON NYUKA) MEK: methyl ethyl ketone IP solvent: iso paraffin solvent (made by IDEMITSU SEKIYU KAGAKU CO., LTD.)
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X(%)=(amount of organic resin B)×100/(amount of aluminum alloy powder)
X(%)=(amount of organic resin B)×100/(amount of aluminum alloy powder), and
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